copyright © Wartime Heritage Association 2012-2024
Website hosting courtesy of Register.com - a web.com company
World War I - Casualties
Digby
Digby County, Nova Scotia
Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Listed on the Digby War Memorial (1914 - 1918)
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Memorial:
Lance Corporal
704147
102nd Battalion
February 24, 1898
April 19, 1916
Clerk
August 8, 1918
Killed In Action
20
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Memorial:
Private
222879
85th Battalion
September 14, 1893
Joggin Bridge, Digby Co.,NS
October 30, 1915
Fisherman
Son of the late Capt. James S. and Mrs. Susan E. D'Arcy, of Joggin Bridge, Digby Co.
April 9, 1917
23
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery
Private
8/4705
2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Army
Digby NS
Seaman
Son of W. S. Gilpin, Digby NS
July 2, 1916
Died of wounds received at Armentieres.
37
Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Churchill, Louis Lawrence
D'Arcy, DeVere
Gilpin, William Savary [Sawrey]
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery
Handspiker, Edison Torrey
Private
733773
25th Battalion
April 18, 1897
Mt Pleasant, Digby Co. NS
January 24, 1916
Fisherman
Son of Alfred Handspiker, of Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia.
February 5, 1918
Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Hayden, William Ensley
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery
Private
282851
85th Battalion
August 30, 1888
Digby NS
February 24, 1916
March 8, 1917
Killed in Action
Villers Station Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Memorial:
Private
907436
5th Battalion
May 25, 1897
Digby NS
March 18, 1916
Son of Frank and Myrtle Hutchinson, of Digby, Nova Scotia.
July 26, 1918
Killed in Action
19
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Hutchinson, Burwell Elmo
Laines , Robert A.
Levy, Harry
Morgan, Arnold Hastings
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Private
734047
Royal Canadian Regiment
September 12, 1895
Marshalltown, Digby Co., NS
February 8, 1916
Drug Clerk
Son of Isaiah T. and Alma M.Morgan, of Marshalltown, Digby Co., Nova Scotia.
August 27, 1918
22
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Private
282854
219th Battalion
September 15, 1872
Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS
March 15, 1916
Digby, NS
Tailor
Sarah Jane Muise (Wife) Digby NS
December 6, 1918
46
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Digby, NS
Robinson, James
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Private
282863
219th Battalion
Son of James and Norah Robinson, of Joggin Mines, N.S.; husband of Annie Robinson, of Digby,
April 6, 1918
24
Smith's Cove Cemetery, Digby Co., NS
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Private
282727
85th Battalion
January 28, 1894
Digby NS
March 6, 1916
Son of A. G. Shortliffe, of Digby, Nova Scotia
September 2, 1918
24
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France
Shortliffe, Wilber Harris
Shreve, Charles Dayrell
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Awarded:
Lieutenant
Canadian Field Artillery, 9th Brigade
Son of Thomas C. and Mary A. Shreve, of Digby, Nova Scotia.
October 7, 1918
25
Bourlon Wood Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Military Cross
Turnbull, George Archer
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Memorial:
Private
415514
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
September 5, 1895
Digby NS
Son of Jessie S. Turnbull, of Queen St., Digby, Nova Scotia, and the late Dr. George D. Turnbull.
September 15, 1916
21
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Vantassell, Walter
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Cemetery:
Private
70009
26th Battalion
March 4, 1890
Digby NS
November 5, 1914
Painter
Son of John L. Vantassel, Digby
September 28, 1916
Killed In Action
Adanac Military Cemetery
Winchester, Joseph Hopley
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Cemetery:
Private
222805
85th Battalion
October 3, 1889
Digby NS
October 28, 1915
Husband of Ella G. Winchester, of Digby, Nova Scotia.
August 25, 1917
Barlin Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Young, Leland Fauntleroy
Rank
Service No
Battalion/Service
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
Trade:
Next of Kin:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Cemetery:
Bombardier
90212
Canadian Field Artillery, 6th Brigade
September 6, 1891
Digby NS
March 30, 1915
Labourer
Son of Alex Young, of Digby, Nova Scotia.
May 14, 1917
26
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
